Hans Op de Beeck

Hans Op de Beeck (born 1969 in Turnhout, Belgium ) is a visual artist. He lives and works in Anderlecht (Brussels).

" I really love the old painting and the idea to offer a window to the world. The viewer is invited to look at something. I hope that you will call this moment, easy to put aside in an image your own story. This is my space in art - which I again find it in the old painting. Just look in a landscape of Joachim Paltinir or on an interior of Johannes Vermeer and release. I believe very strongly in the old idea of ​​catharsis that is tragic and difficult, but comforting in the quality of the image. "

Training

Hans Op de Beeck studied Fine Arts at the Institut Saint- Luc in Brussels. Then he took a postgraduate course at the HISK ( Antwerp) and the National Academy ( Amsterdam). In 2002-2003 he participated in the " MoMA PS1 Studio Program " (New York) part.

Settlement in the art

The multi - disciplinary visual artist Hans Op de Beeck presents contemporary imaginary, urban and inner places, situations and environments that seem known to the observer.

Op de Beeck's imagery is quiet and reserved and refers to the great questions of life. He is alternately serious and ironic questions he leaves unanswered, however. The artist sees his work as a way to melancholy and absurdity of human existence.

Awards

  • 2009-2010: KULeuven Biennial Culture Award
  • 2006: Prijs Eugène Baie I 2003-2005 Antwerp
  • 2002-2003: " Artist in residence " at MoMA - PS 1 Studio Program, New York
  • 2001: " Jonge Belgian Schilderkunst " winner, Brussels
  • 1992-1996: Master " Fine Arts ", Institut Saint -Luc, Brussels

Monographs (selection)

  • " Hans Op de Beeck: The Wilderness Inside - Location (6)", 2008, ISBN 978-9-081-34170-7.
  • " Hans Op de Beeck: Extensions ". Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern 2007, ISBN 978-3-7757-2096-0, exhibition catalog.
  • Nicolas de Oliveira & Nicola Oxley: " Hans Op de Beeck: On Vanishing ", 2007, ISBN 978-90-6153-711-3.
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